Oil Spill Kit Oil Degrading Microbes

by Ward's Natural Science

Product Details

• ASIN: B0012NFOYQ

Product Description

How does nature recover from an oil spill? -- Tiny naturally occurring microbes actually "eat" hydrocarbons, especially petroleum products. This kit serves as an excellent introduction to biotechnology as it lets students grow microbes in a medium containing a petroleum product. -- Your students can then watch as the microbes sustain life by degrading oil both in water and on a shore environment. This kit is recommended for students in grades 912. -- Includes materials for 24 students: freeze-dried cultures of Pseudomonas and Penicillium, sabouraud dextrose broth tubes and agar slants, pipets, cotton swabs, test tubes with caps, jars with caps, density indicator strips, petri dishes, sand, nutrient fertilizer, refined motor oil (in dropping bottle), gloves, biohazard bags and 28-page teacher's guide with student study and analysis sheets.